Great interview with Stacey Abrams

Noah Feldman has an enlightening conversation with the electrifying Georgia activist, politician, and author on his podcast “Deep Background” — well worth a half hour of your time:
https://pushkin.fm/deep-background

5. My wife and I use captioning on movies ...

It seems most movies are more interested in big noise (immersive sound) than clear speech. Compare old tv shows and movies to modern ones and it's easy to hear the difference in dialog.

I've lost some frequencies from not using hearing protection with power tools. There was a news clip of a parrot mimicking a smoke alarm and I heard neither. I can hear a mouse gnawing inside a wall, but someone whistling at a certain pitch on tv is completely silent.

Text to speech is relatively simple; speech to text appears to be difficult.